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John 13:18

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

KJV

οὐ περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν λέγω· ἐγὼ οἶδα τίνας ἐξελεξάμην· ἀλλ’ ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ· ὁ τρώγων μετ’ ἐμοῦ τὸν ἄρτον ἐπῆρκεν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τὴν πτέρναν αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Non de omnibus vobis dico : ego scio quos elegerim ; sed ut adimpleatur Scriptura : Qui manducat mecum panem, levabit contra me calcaneum suum.

Vulgate

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth my bread lifted up his heel against me.

ASV

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth bread with me shall lift up his heel against me,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γραφή
graphe
noun · 50×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πληρόω
pleroo
verb · 86×
πτέρνα
pterna
noun · 1×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
τρώγω
trogo
verb · 6×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκλέγομαι
eklegomai
verb · 22×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπαίρω
epairo
verb · 19×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ps 41:9 · allusion
    "Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me."
    Psalm 41: he who ate my bread lifted his heel — Judas' betrayal

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τίνας | WH/Treg/NIV: τίνας | RP: οὓς
  • τίναςSBLGNT
  • τίναςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὓςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: μου | WH/Treg/NIV: μου | RP: μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ
  • μουSBLGNT
  • μουWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • μετ᾽ ἐμοῦRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. A grievous thing, beloved, a grievous thing it is to come to the depths of wickedness; for then the soul becomes hard to be restored. Wherefore we should use every exertion not to be taken at all; since it is easier not to fall in, than having fallen to recover one's self. Observe, for instance, when Judas had thrown himself into sin, how great assistance he enjoyed, yet not…
1. Great is the recompense of care bestowed upon the servants of God, and of itself it yields to us its fruits. For, he that receives you, it says, receives Me, and he that receives Me, receives Him that sent Me. Matthew 10:40 Now what can be equal to the receiving Christ and His Father? But what kind of connection has this with what was said before? What has it in common with …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 11:27 — Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
  • 2Sam 15:31 — And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
  • 2Tim 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
  • Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
  • Acts 1:16 — Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
  • Dan 11:26 — Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
  • Job 6:15 — My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
  • John 6:64 — But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
  • John 6:70 — Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
  • John 6:70 — Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
  • John 13:10 — Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
  • John 13:11 — For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
  • John 13:21 — When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
  • John 13:26 — Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
  • John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he ma
  • John 17:12 — While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
  • John 17:12 — While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
  • Judg 14:20 — But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
  • Luke 22:3 — Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
  • Luke 22:21 — But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
  • Mark 14:20 — And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
  • Matt 26:23 — And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
  • Matt 26:23 — And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
  • Mic 7:6 — For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
  • Obad 1:7 — All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound unde
  • Prov 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • Ps 41:9 — Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
  • Ps 41:9 — Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
  • Ps 55:12 — For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
  • Rev 17:17 — For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
  • Zech 3:2 — And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?